Tire maker entitled to recover on injunction bond for wrongful prohibition on sale of certain brand tires.
The federal district court in Yakima, Washington, correctly ruled—on remand and in…
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) published two new practice notices on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, dealing with expedited examination and improving timeliness in examination. The…
In a recent decision by the First Board of Appeal, Gleissner’s Sherlock Systems satisfied the test for abusive practice in its attempted revocation of the mark, KEYNOTE.
Gleissner is infamous within…
Lengthy use by the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam of its unregistered marks was not enough, by itself, to raise a triable issue as to the marks’ protectability.
A church that calls itself the…
Can coffee be hell? Of course, bad coffee, we knew that. On the other hand, the General Court (GC) has recently confirmed that the sign “HELL” can be protected for coffee-related products as an EU…
Can the name of a historical, well known place be registered as a trademark? If we think about the NEUSCHWANSTEIN case (C-488/16), the answer is: yes, it can be registered, provided there is no…
Use of analogous state-law limitations period for Lanham Act Section 43(a) claims was "unsatisfactory"; summary judgment order finding Bayer’s false association and false advertising claims time-…
The Swedish Patent and Market Court (PMD) ruled out a likelihood of confusion between two figurative trademarks for “ghost” and “GHOST VODKA” based on their mere visual differences. In fact, the…
The TTAB acted within its discretion in weighing evidence of functionality and alternative designs.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board had sufficient evidence to find that two box designs for…
In the assessment of the similarity of signs, visual, phonetic and conceptual similarity are evaluated and it is not necessary that similarity exist in all three aspects, one can suffice. Nonetheless…
